"You will have significant experiences. I hope that you will write them down and keep a record of them, that you will read them from time to time and refresh your memory of those meaningful and significant things. Some may be funny. Some may be significant only to you. Some of them may be sacred and quietly beautiful. Some may build one upon another until they represent a lifetime of special experience." Gordon B. Hinckley, 2006

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

The Best Day Ever

Joey's baptism day was one of those perfect days that I want to freeze in my brain forever. I know it seems like no day can really be 100% perfect, but this one really was. This was a different side of Joey I don't really know if I've ever seen before.

He woke up at 6:00 a.m., as excited as if it was Christmas. He came in and woke us up and said, "I'm getting baptized today!" He just beamed and glowed the whole day. He was so ready and prepared for this, and really knew what this step of baptism meant. I'm so proud of him.

We had lots of people come to support him, and it meant a lot to us! We have such a great family!

One neat tidbit: Brian got to baptize Joey in the same exact font that he got baptized in many years ago!

Then we came back to the house and had a luncheon with family and friends.

Holy cow! He is sooooo grown up! WOW! You don't even look pregnant! Your still so tiny....not suprised. ;-)The cookies were DARLING, where did you get those? Love it. Ana is getting baptized this August, our kids are just growing up! Congrats Joey on making such an important decision!

"When our children were very small, I started to write down a few things about what happened every day..." The prompting came to me, "I'm not giving you these experiences for yourself. Write them down." "I recorded those things so that my children could have the memory someday when they would need it." "Have I seen the hand of God reaching out to touch us or our children or our family today?" "I urge you to find ways to recognize God's kindness."

"To you women of today, who are old or young, may I suggest to you that you write, that you keep journals, that you express your thoughts on paper. Writing is a great discipline. It is a tremendous education effort. It will assist you in various ways, and you will bless the lives of many--now and in the years to come, as you put on paper some of your experiences and some of your musings." --President Gordon B. Hinckley

Scripture Power

Moroni 7:45 "And charity suffereth long, and is kind, and envieth not, and is not puffed up, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, and rejoiceth not in iniquity but rejoiceth in the truth, beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things."